If UEFA was such a doddle how come they did us and PSG before?
If this is true, they'll could get banned from the Champions League. They've probably got some plan to uprate their sponsorships. Doubt that will work.
Real Madrid is too soon for him. City is perfect. He might not start every game at first but he'd be a regular before the season is outA £160m move to a foreign country playing for a mega club like Madrid trying to get into a team full of world class players doesn't seem the best option. Signing for city for the same amount but having to fight off more players for a place in the team also doesn't seem the best option. I think psg, city and madrid are all great choices for him, but it's not a guarantee what's the best place for him to go.
So they pay it back at 20 mil per year.
They are not that stupid.
They will either already have the money, or will have a way of borrowing it which falls in with ffp, through some investment loophole or something.
They don't need Mbappe enough to risk it. They could just buy someone else next season.
The fee is amortised over the length of the contact, so on a five year deal that would be £30m/yr. Add wages, say at least £250k/wk, and the deal is worth £43m/yr. They would need to finance this in addition to the £80m/yr for Neymar and £18m/yr for Alves. That's about £140m/yr on top of what they were already spending and before taking into account improved wages for their existing players.
There's no way in hell that they'll be able to justify this to UEFA. It will be very interesting if it does happen though, because these world-class players could find themselves trapped in Ligue 1 without Champions League football.
They will have something up their sleeve for sure but investment either through debt or equity will not work. Maybe uefa are no longer reducing their Qatar deal. PB would probably know if this is still the case.
We've bought about 200 mil worth of players & are supposed to be after Sanchez Mbappe & a centre back.
We've bought about 200 mil worth of players & are supposed to be after Sanchez Mbappe & a centre back.
We have been talking for years on here about signing Messi if he were available.
Like PSG, we would have a plan which gets round FFP, to do it.